Hanging Pictures On Textured Walls

Hanging art or photos on the walls can make a house feel more like a home personalizing your space.

Hanging pictures on textured walls.

Stick on frame as shown. Using adhesive hooks while most adhesive hooks are strong enough to keep your pictures on the wall you must buy a couple capable of holding about 8 pounds or 3 6kg of weight. Adhesives will work best with clean surfaces so wipe down your wall with a clean cloth and. Do not use household cleaners or water.

3 most common way to hang pictures on concrete wall method 1. I have minimally textured walls probably from painting for 64 years on the walls but i used command strips to hold up our sound system speakers. Do it from both sides and get a range. If you are hanging small pictures on the wall the easiest way to accomplish the task is to use small nails.

It s important to know however that if your plaster wall is very textured adhesive hooks won t work very well. Don t try to hammer the nail straight into the wall. If your picture hooks are too thick to fit into the hoop hanging off the back of your frame consider placing two hooks. Your picture will hang beautifully with zero wall damage.

Place one hook on the wall at the location your picture loop or wire will sit. The 57 inch standard is based on the average eye height of an adult and is the rule used to determine how high to hang pictures in museums and galleries. Once the surface is dry remove the covering strip on the back of the hook then stick the adhesive hook on the wall and voila. With groupings the largest frame is usually best in the center or at the center bottom.

To check where the picture will rub take a sheet of paper and slide it under the picture on the wall and where it meets resistance that s where to put felt or foam on. But you may not want to deal with any sort of damage to your walls especially if you are renting. Instead hammer the nail at a 45 degree angle for best results. Remove one side of liners.

Get sticky back felt or foam and cut a small even rectangle to stick near the back edge of the frame. Wipe wall with rubbing alcohol. Step 3 for bigger pictures try using a power drill to create a pilot hole for your nail. Screws also make good.

Double sided tape will work to affix lightweight pictures to walls though it s not necessarily. If you want to hang a group of pictures for a gallery wall hang the center of the grouping at 57 inches. Using tape or reusable adhesive 1.